Show 1 MAYOR THOMPSONS THOMPSON'S 8 MANLY ST STATEMENT A NUMBER NU mER ONE t I W i r f f it I j 1 4 In Iii connection with with- tho startling Ing tic dc- In the operations or of the the- bunco gang that robbed rubbed the Mc k ors I last ut September Mayor Thompson J may be expected to tn Issue another manly il clearing the iho Am- Am j earns police oll chief chic from connection i the lie affair The following ln und and published In tn the lie Kearns Kearns- Keith organ of oC defamation 1 by the mar mayor maur 1 appeared October I I 1 1 06 under tho the heading of Mayor Thompson's Thompsons ln Manly lii The Th people of Salt SHU Lake Lale owe to lo tit the city good name aa its well a an all to a proper t sense anae of Justice to refrain from rom pi pl pre pre- Jud Judin tn the of or the police d depart meat ment Thus Thua far tar nothing ha halx haM lx been n erl by hy tilt the way of or evidence In In- OI the Integrity of oC an any officer UnI Until Un Un- I til lil proof l In Is Chile Chief rlee or either of or his hla unconfirmed un un- confirmed H of or mutt und connivance not Interpreted ted as evidence When the thit charges charge stere Dere ere first made against Chief Sheets and his hilS I 1 tn a t pen Inquiry This ha has hasl l heen en as IS thorough an as time would permit This affair shall be le sifted to the bottom und and andI I shall hall aid 1 In an any possible manner manlier In the public the fact facts I heard hearth th council Inquiry this afternoon und and andI I 1 boll believe eve that no fair minded man who vms them ro wilt say nay that the made mode b by Chief Chic Sheets and Sergeant Hem Hem- I pl did d not completely d tf thorn hunt I from wrong I tech reel I that the he mo most t prejudiced d pt person must mui admit l that thit tImer the tIme inquiry r h loom be bar bom open OiChi and amid free from rosa the tue slightest suspicion of ot h. h Tho The public was RAked asked to pre nt i-nt evi l dence substantiating public charges changes C lint hut not a man came am forward with a l single t statement The lolic officials were wert th n subjected to au an RII examination h by all Ih members of ot th the council present toes foes as asWEll aswell well WE'll as friends awl and c pointed to lo the Ihn strictest l compliance with th the department de tie- de- de nt regulations and practices Chile Chief r SI Sheet liets' liets accuse made no tie appearance He lit was there and every question In Ina Ina Ina a straightforward and I believe truthful manner I mean that Ud affair shall be lie swiftly and thoroughly probed And I 1 believe lIe that those men and women of or Salt Sail Lake who have s so IjO o often orten rt d fl confidence In m my word worth will accept thus this an as m my roy assurance that I J mean that th the police tolice department shah be purged of or lit lit- charges charge and amid in insinuation insinuations In in- no matter hew tin tin- performance of my duty to lo lie thi- people of or Salt Lake mn may become 1 I bell believe f that Chief Chile Sheets has been wron wronged d But m my faith In him shall hull not bias m my official action if Ir re reasonable proof lu is produced that list h ht be I Iii Is unworthy Ho He t Im lo entitled to fairness from the lie jK of or this city and I 1 t that all nil will aid n me and others ollum who are determined that the tact fact shall shail b be made known In a thorough h and speedy t In EZRA THOMPSON Mayor |